What if you could have genetic perfection?

BigDave1050
BigDave1050 Posts: 854 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I've seen Repo! the Genetic Opera a million times, but today is the first time I realized one of the songs asks;
"And what if you could have genetic perfection?
Would you change who you are if you could?"

Kind of makes me think about my transformation that’s coming with hard work. So would you if you could....

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  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    I do actually.

    Unfortunately my life took its toll on my genetic perfection. So now Im taking it back.

    Which means, I think, YES VEHEMENTLY YES
  • lickmybaconcakes
    lickmybaconcakes Posts: 1,063 Member
    Well I'm genetically gifted in the one area that counts , so I wouldn't want to change that.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    heh
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    Perfection is boring.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    The only thing I would change would be my heart. I was born with a congenital defect in my mitral valve. I would love to have a healthy normal heart.

    Otherwise, I like me, just as I am.
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,249 Member
    I want a GAP(desire but nothing I must have)...and they say that comes with Genetics.....but at the end of the day I am getting heatlhier and stronger so I am happy with the way I am...
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    I started losing my hair when I was 16.....so yeah, I'd like that back.
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    Have you seen Gattaca?

    Doesn't matter if you are born genetically perfect, accidents can happen...
  • 10acity
    10acity Posts: 798 Member
    Looking at over half of my family (incl. extended), it's clear that I have some sort of genetic predisposition to holding onto fat for dear life. Ideally, I'd not have been dealing with that for the last 30 years. But it has made me stronger, more determined, and taught me that hard work pays off. It's all a part of who I am. To change something like that... well, who would I be then? How do I know I would be better?

    Also: who defines "genetic perfection"?
  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
    Sylvie Guillem is pretty genetically perfect.
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    Oh good I wasn't being a nutbar when I thought the title sounded like it was from Repo!.

    Being the world what it is, it would seem any perfection would come with a price. I don't think I'd want something as far as it, but I'd definitely want my genetics more in my favor.
  • SweetSammie
    SweetSammie Posts: 391 Member
    Perfection is a matter of opinion, anyway. What I think is perfect, you or anyone else may not... however, if I could be MY version of perfect? Maybe, but then again, I might be really egotistical.
  • auticus
    auticus Posts: 1,051 Member
    My base instinct is to say "yes I would love genetic perfection"

    But then I realize that I would not be where I am today without having to struggle and that the struggle is what made me what I am. Not having to struggle, I shudder to think of the possibilities my life could have taken. I could be one of those dudes that frost tips his hair, pops his collar, and pulls my shirt up to take pictures of myself in front of a bathroom mirror every other day and posts it to facebook.
  • GabrielleZelda
    GabrielleZelda Posts: 190 Member
    The only thing I would change would be my heart. I was born with a congenital defect in my mitral valve. I would love to have a healthy normal heart.

    Otherwise, I like me, just as I am.

    ^This is beautiful. :)

    I feel silly now for wishing I had my mothers hips -_-.... Stupid wide hip bones. My mom and sister have virtually the SAME measurements. 5'7ish, 32-26-34. While I'm 5'11 and mine are 36-28-38 and it annoys the heck outta me.

    If one more person points out my 'child bearing hips', I may cry!
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    I've got it under here somewhere. ok, I could do with less hair on my back.
  • Erisad
    Erisad Posts: 1,580
    I love Repooooo. <3

    Second, no. I think my genetic makeup is fine as it is. I'd remove the Asperger's maybe but then again I'd have to readjust to everything as a neurotypical person. So yeah, still no. :P
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    Ummm...maybe not everything, but some things I'd like to change. I'd like to keep my blue eyes, my long eyelashes, my lips, my nose, my teeth (naturally straight and very few dental issues), my athletic build (naturally muscular, thick bones, etc...), and a few other things. What I'd like to change...my predisposition to obesity, my abnormally large boobs, my short stature (I'm 5'4", but I'd prefer to be about 5'8"), my "man" hands, my thin and difficult-to-grow fingernails, my thin hair, my PCOS, my Fred Flintstone feet, and my lack of coordination.
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I don't know what perfection is....so no. I would never be happy. My idea of beauty changes every day...I think so many people are beautiful.

    If I could alter anything genetically it would maybe be the size/shape of my breasts...and that I would never get grey hair...or wrinkles...haha Other than that, I am pretty happy with myself.

    Oh, maybe a few inches taller...lol
  • MissyMissy18
    MissyMissy18 Posts: 315 Member
    I really try to focus on the gifts I was given rather than the ones I wasn't. Unfortunately it seems to be human nature to compare ourselves and feel we don't measure up, and focus on the parts of ourselves we wish were different. This gives me an idea for a thread... BRB
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Its our imperfections that make us beautiful. I'm good with what I've got under the fluff : P
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Boring is subjective.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Wait... did the concept of "Genetic Perfection" just get shot down by a Hollywood Flick?? *LOL*
  • eva_lawlor
    eva_lawlor Posts: 81
    honestly the only things i would charge are my nose and metabolism
  • ShilohMaier
    ShilohMaier Posts: 135
    I would take it. But then again, I don't like me very much.
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    My genetic pre-disposition to high blood pressure and cholesterol problems.... and metabolism.

    Do these genes make me look fat?
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    I have a physically disabled son that has a genetic condition, so for his sake- I would like to have been genetically perfect prior to conceiving him. Life will be tough for him.
  • sammniamii
    sammniamii Posts: 669 Member
    I would remove my genetic Scoliosis. Its a double recessive, if my hubby has even one gene of it, i have a 1-in-4 chance any child of mine would have it.

    And I will NOT put a child thru the HORROR I went thur as a child due to this monster.
  • Elle408
    Elle408 Posts: 500 Member
    Beauty (or perception of) and genetics are not the same thing. The majority of people ARE genetically perfect. Their bodies function as they should, they react to outside stimuli, as they should. It is only our influence that makes us perceive ourselves to be imperfect.

    As it happens, I have a genetic disorder, my fibrillin does not behave as it should, and because of this I have many imperfections that stop my body behaving in a perfect manner. So yes, I would like to change that.
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